Hair-waving device



June 18, 1929. J. 1.. GAIRE 1,718,133

I HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed Aug. 13, 1928 jg a. Z.

' Patented June 18, 1929. i V

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. GAIBE, OF PATEB/SON, NEW JERSEY.

HAIB-WAVING DEVICE.

Application filed August 13, 1928. Serial No. #299,413.

' waved is wound about a curler inclosed in a steam bore which isipsulated to prevent the steam box from heating up exterlorly.

Another object of the invention is to pro-v vide a permanent hair waverwhich embodies a curler element on which the hank of hair to be waved isclamped and wound, and which is placed with the wound hair thereon, intoa steam box constructed of a pair of separable sections held tightlytogether by suitable clamping. means and into which steam is passed toact upon the wound hair to place a permanent curl or wave therein. 1With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved hair waver in use.

Figure 2 is'a side elevation of the hair waver. Figure 3is an endelevation Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view'on the line44 of Figure 3.

I Figure5 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 55 ofFigure 4.

Figure 6 is a similar view on the line .6-6 of Figure 4.

' Figure'i' is a side elevation of the curler element per se.

Figure8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the steam box looking atone end thereof. Referring to the drawing by reference characters, thenumeral 10 designates my im-' proved hair waving device in its entiretywhich includes a curler element 11 and a steam box or housing 12 forreceiving the same. The

curler element comprises an elongated shank 13 which is circular incross section and gradually decreases in diameter from its opposite endslnwardly to provide a concave surface.

Pivoted to a clam in ring 14 encircling one ofthe reduced en s o theshank, is a clamping tongue 15 of ashape fit snug against are inco-acting ositions.

the shank when in clamping position. The

extreme ends of the shank are provided with disks or flanges 16 havingaligned sets of. openings 17 therein, which sets of openings are atvaried spaced distances from the axis of the shank for interchangeablyreceiving a longitudinal rod 18'. clamp the curler element to the hairof the hank of hair wound about the shank, and may be inserted into anyof the sets of openings 17, depending upon the, thickness of the woundhair thereon.

The steam box 12 includes a pair of sep arable housing sections 18 and19 which are closed at opposite ends and semi-circular in cross sectionto provide a housing which is ing up. For removably connecting thesections together, I provide one end of the housmg section 18 with anoutstanding "lug 22 having slots 23 therein for receiving the respectivetongues 24 projecting from one end of the section'19. The tongue andslot connection provides a separable hinge joint to allow the section tobe swung 0 en and closed, and separated if desired. T e sections aresecurely locked in a. closed position by a pivoted bolt 25 mounted onthe section 19 which is received ina notched lug 26 projecting from thesection 18; A thumb nut 27 is The rod 18 acts to threaded to the freeend of the bolt-and is Y screwed down tight against the In tightmaintain the edges of the sections in engagement with each other.

.Thesection 18 is provided with a nipple 28 centrally thereof to whichone 'end of a steam v hose or tube 29 is attached. The other end of thehose connects with a suitable source of steam supply to enable the 4steam box to be filled with steam during a hair waving operation. Steamvent openings 30 are provided in.

the housing section 18 to permita limited amount of steam to escape toprevent any. possibility of the steam-box blowing u t In practice a hankof ha1r is wound a out the curler element 11 by clamping the ends of thehank beneath the tongue 15, whereupon the hank of hair is wound upon thecurler element as shown in Figure 4 of the drawin The curler elementwith the hair tightT;

wound thereon is next placed in a steam box and the same securelyclamped in a closed position. The operator proceeds to turn on the steamcontrol valve to permit steam to pass through the hose 29 and fill theinterior of the steam box. The action of the heat and steam upon thetightly Wound hair produces a permanent Wave therein which is believedmore eflieient than those heretofore produced by other hair Wavingdevices. My hair waver will also be found safe in use as it will notburn the seal or hair of the user due to the interior insu ation and canbe applied and removed in more rapid time than other devices of thiskind. v

It might be well to mention that the shape of the shank and clampingtongue of the curler element permits the perfect winding of uneven cuthair thereon, which adapts the device for use in waving bobbed hair ofdifferent style cuts.

While I have described what I deem to be the best embodiment of myinvention it is obvious that many of the details may be varied withoutin anyway departing from the 1. A hair Waving device including a housaing embodying a pair of elongated co-acting sections hingedly connectedat one end thereof, a hair curler element on which the hair to be wavedis wound and being snugly receivable within said housing, means at theother end of said section for locking the same in closed position, and asteam hose connected to said housing for supplying steam thereto.

2. In a hair waving device, a shank provided with flanges on its outerends a clamping tongue pivotally mounted on said shank for clamping theends of a hank of hair before winding thereon, and a rod removablysupported by said flanges for preventing accidental unwinding of thehank of hair after Winding.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH L. GAIRE.

